BuzzFeed - Dan Methhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth
BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite ThingenCopyright 2018 BuzzFeed, Inc.Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:18:41 -0400editor@buzzfeed.com (https://www.buzzfeed.com/about)info@buzzfeed.com (https://www.buzzfeed.com/about)BuzzFeedhttps://webappstatic.buzzfeed.com/static/images/public/rss/logo.pnghttps://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth
The Earth Kinda Sucks But We Should Save It Anywayhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/willvarner/loveyoumamaearth?utm_term=4ldqpia
Living on the only habitable planet in the solar system is not ideal but you don’t have a lot of options.

I'm just gonna say it, Living on Earth kinda sucks.

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Some days are REALLY hot and then other days are REALLY cold. What's up with that?

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And even when you get a nice day there is always something ...

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...effing it up.

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UGH. Bugs.

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I mean life on Earth is pretty...Real, y'know?

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It can seem like it's all about the survival of the fittest.

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It makes you want to shut it all out. Thanks Earth, but no thanks.

Adam Ellis / BuzzFeed

Yes you give us water. Cool. We couldn't have oceans of cherry cola?

Will Varner / BuzzFeed

And air is fine if you've %100 got to breathe.

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Yes there are lots of plants on the Earth and some of them are pretty useful...

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...and I'd kinda miss it if these little green guys weren't around.

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Most of us would agree that animals are sort of adorable when they're not trying to feed on our flesh.

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Rainy days are...

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...not horrible.

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Also: atmosphere-maintaining oceans full of life have their advantages.

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Nowadays most of us don't even have to do a whole heckuva a lot to reap these rewards.

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Just be in the world and try to not fuck it up.

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And even if things get off track...

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...and they sure can get off track...

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...the Earth and it's systems are pretty resilient.

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But let's not push it. We're definitely not ready to breakup with Earth just yet.

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Even if we could move on, we might not get a warm welcome at our next stop.

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Hiding out and hoping for the best is probably not going to cut it either.

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So yes, living on earth has it's sucky side.

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And nature can be a little dramatic.

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But we don't have a lot of other choices.

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Maybe we should take care of the things around us that maintain the environment we need to survive...

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...even if they do crave our blood some times. (Looking at you bugs!)

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Fine Earth. You win.

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You've got us by the short ones.

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Because no one is at good at taking care of us as you are Mama!

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]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/willvarner/loveyoumamaearthWed, 19 Apr 2017 11:16:04 -0400Living on the only habitable planet in the solar system is not ideal but you don't have a lot of options.willvarnernonadultPeople Are Having Disturbingly Similar Dreams About Donald Trumphttps://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisrodley/trumpmares?utm_term=4ldqpia
Having nightmares about Tuesday’s election? You’re not the only one.

Here's that same dream again on two other sites.

And then there's a strange, Salvador Dali-ish dream I call the Liquid Cheese Incident.

"We shake [hands] and then depart," a Facebook user writes. "I look at my palm to find it covered in orange goo."

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If it was only math and melted cheese, I wouldn't worry too much. But the most popular shared dreams are actually ~diabolical nightmares~ about what will happen if Trump wins. Like this really common one about The Purge.

These are all just from one month.

Then there's the one with the zombie apocalypse.

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The one with the killer clown apocalypse.

The one with the alien conspiracy theory.

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And the one where Trump is Voldemort.

Basically, because we're all thinking about the election all the time, it shows up in our dreams, and our dreams start to look the same.

"Imagine the amount of awake time we spend talking and thinking about the election," says Cerf, who studies the science of dreams. "It is not surprising that our sleeping-brain will devote a similar fraction of its processing power."

But we don't just dream about the same real-life events. We also share the same symbols, a phenomenon Carl Jung famously called the "collective unconscious."

Cerf says there's actually some contemporary evidence for this, citing the dreams that were reported by New Yorkers after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

"Kids and adults alike had nightmares about planes crashing into buildings first," he says. Later, they started dreaming of planes in their bedrooms and "bees crashing into the Twin Towers".

While dream interpreters make a lot of money finding the "meanings" of our dreams, he says, we don't know if any of it is true: it could just be our brains using whatever random content is handy.

So what are dreams doing for our brain? Nobody knows for sure, but Cerf says one of the best suggestions so far is that they help us rehearse past events, or simulate future events we're not quite sure about.

Say you want to dump your boyfriend and move interstate, he says, but you're not quite sure. "Your brain will create a virtual reality simulation of that for you, and filter it through your emotions and senses so you wake up with a better sense of whether you should do it."

Maybe, he says, people are dreaming about presidential candidates because they "want to see how they feel about them and what the world would be with them in power."

Dan Meth

Catherine Liu is a professor at UC Irvine who studies psychoanalytic theory. She's also one of the editors of a major book on Sigmund Freud's dream theories.

From her point of view, dreams are "half-censored thoughts and wishes" that "collect the flotsam and jetsam of our everyday lives and rearrange and deform them."

They're not easy to read, however, and you can't analyze their meaning collectively. (Liu rejects Jung's theory of the collective unconscious as too tidy an explanation for such a dark, messy place.)

"We want evil to be a simple bad guy who can be destroyed," she says.

In reality, she argues, our problems are complex. Climate change, income inequality, and a broken two-party system all require long-term effort to fix. But instead of "growing up and facing the mess that is American politics," we prefer to regress to childhood and see him as a cartoon villain.

Hence all the dreams about children's foods like spaghetti and peanut butter, she says. There's also lots of dreams about Trump being our father.

But there's another reason we dream about Trump as a supervillain, according to Liu. And it also reflects our desire to regress.

"We want Donald to be powerful so that he can take over and we have no more responsibility for what happens to us," she says.

"Who wants to be in control all the time?"

Dan Meth

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisrodley/trumpmaresMon, 07 Nov 2016 16:59:20 -0500Having nightmares about Tuesday's election? You're not the only one.chrisrodleynonadultnonadultTrump has been haunting the nightmares of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://one-time-i-dreamt.tumblr.com/post/149888504036/so-many-of-you-have-been-havingsubmitting-dreams">Tumblr users</a>, popping up in the dreams of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://prayingmedic.com/2016/03/25/why-are-we-dreaming-about-donald-trump/">Christian bloggers</a>, and doing all kinds of weird shit to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/09/why-donald-trump-is-haunting-your-dreams.html">Daily Beast readers</a> while they're asleep.
But here's the thing. When you look closely at the thousands of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=trump%20%22had%20a%20dream%22%20OR%20%22dreamt%20that%22%20OR%20%22dreamed%20that%22&amp;src=typd">Donald Trump dreams</a> being reported on social media, you see the same weirdly specific details showing up over and over.nonadultnonadult"Trump became my new math teacher, and he was really bad at it so my friend so my friend vomited on him."nonadult"I gave him one star."nonadultClassic Trump.nonadultnonadultnonadult"We shake [hands] and then depart," a Facebook user writes. "I look at my palm to find it covered in orange goo."nonadultnonadultThese are all just from one month.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultThis one's <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=trump%20voldemort%20dream%20OR%20dreams%20OR%20dreamt%20OR%20dreamed&amp;src=typd">insanely popular</a>.nonadultnonadultnonadultBasically, because we're all thinking about the election all the time, it shows up in our dreams, and our dreams start to look the same.
"Imagine the amount of awake time we spend talking and thinking about the election," says Cerf, who studies the science of dreams. "It is not surprising that our sleeping-brain will devote a similar fraction of its processing power."
But we don't just dream about the same real-life events. We also share the same symbols, a phenomenon Carl Jung famously called the "collective unconscious."
Cerf says there's actually some contemporary evidence for this, citing the dreams that were reported by New Yorkers after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"Kids and adults alike had nightmares about planes crashing into buildings first," he says. Later, they started dreaming of planes in their bedrooms and "bees crashing into the Twin Towers".nonadult"We can easily come up with ways to interpret those," says Cerf. "But that's a risky front."
While dream interpreters make a lot of money finding the "meanings" of our dreams, he says, we don't know if any of it is true: it could just be our brains using whatever random content is handy.
So what are dreams doing for our brain? Nobody knows for sure, but Cerf says one of the best suggestions so far is that they help us rehearse past events, or simulate future events we're not quite sure about.
Say you want to dump your boyfriend and move interstate, he says, but you're not quite sure. "Your brain will create a virtual reality simulation of that for you, and filter it through your emotions and senses so you wake up with a better sense of whether you should do it."
Maybe, he says, people are dreaming about presidential candidates because they "want to see how they feel about them and what the world would be with them in power."nonadultnonadultCatherine Liu is a professor at UC Irvine who studies psychoanalytic theory. She's also one of the editors of a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-dreams-of-interpretation">major book</a> on Sigmund Freud's dream theories.
From her point of view, dreams are "half-censored thoughts and wishes" that "collect the flotsam and jetsam of our everyday lives and rearrange and deform them."
They're not easy to read, however, and you can't analyze their meaning collectively. (Liu rejects Jung's theory of the collective unconscious as too tidy an explanation for such a dark, messy place.)nonadult"We want evil to be a simple bad guy who can be destroyed," she says.
In reality, she argues, our problems are complex. Climate change, income inequality, and a broken two-party system all require long-term effort to fix. But instead of "growing up and facing the mess that is American politics," we prefer to regress to childhood and see him as a cartoon villain.
Hence all the dreams about children's foods like spaghetti and peanut butter, she says. There's also lots of dreams about Trump being <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=trump%20%22was%20my%20father%22%20dream%20OR%20dreams%20OR%20dreamt%20OR%20dreamed&amp;src=typd">our father</a>.
But there's another reason we dream about Trump as a supervillain, according to Liu. And it also reflects our desire to regress.
"We want Donald to be powerful so that he can take over and we have no more responsibility for what happens to us," she says.
"Who wants to be in control all the time?"nonadultnonadult20 BuzzFeed Articles It's Probably OK That I Never Finishedhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/20-buzzfeed-articles-its-probably-ok-that-i-never-finished?utm_term=4ldqpia
Quit while you’re ahead.

Today is my last day at BuzzFeed.

After nearly two years, 282 articles, and a veritable ocean of coffee, I am now as much a human as I am a meme-grinding LOL machine. It's been more fun than you can imagine, but tomorrow I will move onward to the next level of this video game called Life. Before I shut this computer down one last time, let me leave you with a look at all the BuzzFeed articles I never finished (or even started) because I fear the dreaded FAIL badge more than death itself.

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"Can We Guess Your Zodiac Based On Which Douchebag You Hate The Most?"

"17 Insane Public Meltdown Videos On Youtube That I Watch Every Couple Months And I Don't Know Why"

"9 Trippy Vegetables"

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]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/20-buzzfeed-articles-its-probably-ok-that-i-never-finishedFri, 11 Dec 2015 10:25:46 -0500Quit while you're ahead.danmethnonadultAfter nearly two years, 282 articles, and a veritable ocean of coffee, I am now as much a human as I am a meme-grinding LOL machine. It's been more fun than you can imagine, but tomorrow I will move onward to the next level of this video game called Life. Before I shut this computer down one last time, let me leave you with a look at all the BuzzFeed articles I never finished (or even started) because I fear the dreaded FAIL badge more than death itself.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultsubmitted by <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/hannak">http://www.buzzfeed.com/hannak</a>nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultFind the person who wants to talk about aliens.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultThe Best BuzzFeed Comics Of 2015https://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/best-buzzfeed-comics-of-2015?utm_term=4ldqpia
Here’s to many more years of comics!

2015 was quite a year.

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We set out into the world to chase our dreams.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

We made a lot of friends.

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We ate a lot of pizza.

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Sometimes we didn't accomplish everything we set out to do.

Loryn Brantz / BuzzFeed

But we made time for the things that really mattered.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

We took some big life steps.

Jack Sjogren for BuzzFeed

But sometimes we just took a day off.

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And remembered to take it easy once in a while.

Ruby Etc. for BuzzFeed

We had a nice long summer.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

We survived one hell of an eclipse.

Nathan Pyle / BuzzFeed

Our cats got intimate with our belongings.

Adam Ellis / BuzzFeed

And then they got real with us.

Maritsa Patrinos / BuzzFeed

We struggled to articulate out feelings.

Haejin Park / BuzzFeed

We struggled to behave like an adult.

Zoe Burnett / BuzzFeed

When all we wanted was to go back to bed.

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But we worked hard to go out and maintain our friendships.

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We had an... eventful political year.

Adam Ellis / BuzzFeed

We had a lot of good meals.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

And even better snacks.

Nathan Pyle / BuzzFeed

We desperately needed a phone upgrade.

Maritsa Patrinos / BuzzFeed

We had a lot of lovely times with our cats.

Adam Ellis / BuzzFeed

And other peoples dogs.

Adam Ellis / BuzzFeed

We had a tragically short fall.

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And a spooky Halloween.

Karina Farek / BuzzFeed

With some strong opinions.

Mike Hinson / BuzzFeed

Now we just have to survive this one last dash to the holidays.

Karina Farek / BuzzFeed

2015 was just full of a lot of feelings.

Nathan Pyle / BuzzFeed

We kept our best friends close.

Loryn Brantz / BuzzFeed

Let's hope we can keep it together for 2016 too.

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]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/best-buzzfeed-comics-of-2015Sun, 27 Dec 2015 08:30:15 -0500Here's to many more years of comics!maritsapatrinosnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultChoose An Ugly Sweater And We'll Guess The First Letter Of Your Namehttps://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/ugly-holiday-sweater?utm_term=4ldqpia
Ugly holiday sweaters are a scientific instrument.

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/ugly-holiday-sweaterSat, 05 Dec 2015 08:16:08 -0500Ugly holiday sweaters are a scientific instrument.danmethnonadultnonadult8 WTF Moments Of The 2016 Presidential Race.https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/8-wtf-moments-of-the-2016-presidential-race?utm_term=4ldqpia
Narrowing it down to 8 was not easy.

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/8-wtf-moments-of-the-2016-presidential-raceFri, 04 Dec 2015 12:46:11 -0500Narrowing it down to 8 was not easy.danmethnonadultDid This Event Happen In 2014 Or 2015?https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/did-this-event-happen-in-2014-or-2015?utm_term=4ldqpia
Sometimes a year ago feels like last week… and vice-versa.

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/imaginary-friendTue, 01 Dec 2015 10:29:10 -0500This is irrefutable science.danmethnonadultnonadult23 NYC Area TV Ads From The 80's That Will Turn You Into A Kid Againhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/nyc-area-tv-in-the-1980s?utm_term=4ldqpia
Come with Cookie Puss on a voyage into the past.

Action Park.

"Ahahahaha! Raceway Park!"

"Call 588-2300...Empire!"

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/nyc-area-tv-in-the-1980sMon, 30 Nov 2015 11:16:01 -0500Come with Cookie Puss on a voyage into the past.danmethnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultWhy did people in New York state need to see ads promoting New York state?nonadultBusta Rhymes even used the hook for one of his hit songs.nonadult...at the Winter Garden Theatre.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultRemember the Chuckle Patch?nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultWho was that guy?nonadultDid you ever successfully beg your mom to drive you all the way to Action Park?nonadultnonadultnonadultAre These Photos Of Snow, Clouds, Or Mashed Potatoes?https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/snow-clouds-potatoes?utm_term=4ldqpia
All three are from heaven.

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/garbage-peopleTue, 24 Nov 2015 09:02:56 -0500Take the trash out...on a date.danmethnonadultnonadult2015's Biggest Memes Are Now Emojishttps://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/2015s-biggest-memes-are-now-emojis?utm_term=4ldqpia
We would totally use some of these, sometimes. Probably.

Here's the best memes of 2015 summed up in all new emojis!

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]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/2015s-biggest-memes-are-now-emojisSun, 22 Nov 2015 09:00:25 -0500We would totally use some of these, sometimes. Probably.danmethnonadult25 Of Our Deepest Desireshttps://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/25-of-our-deepest-desires?utm_term=4ldqpia
All sandwiches should last forever.

The contents of our Amazon wish list.

Karina Farek / BuzzFeed

A little self-assurance.

Haejin Park / BuzzFeed

Just to live comfortably in our winter coat.

Maritsa Patrinos / BuzzFeed

A text back.

Zoe Burnett / BuzzFeed

To sit on our ass all day without judgment.

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To procrastinate until we die.

Haejin Park / BuzzFeed

To visit exotic places.

Will Varner / BuzzFeed

To be the one to break the piñata.

Charlotte Gomez / BuzzFeed

To be as glorious and peaceful as Bob Ross.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

To get your money's worth at the movies.

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To be free of all the labels.

Nathan Pyle / BuzzFeed

To have your phone battery last the whole day.

Andrew Richard / BuzzFeed

Like seriously, is that so much to ask?

Adam Ellis / BuzzFeed

For everyone to love your music just as much as you do.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

A bigger bladder.

Andrew Richard / BuzzFeed

For our sandwiches to last forever.

Will Varner / BuzzFeed

A therapist who really wants to hear us talk.

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A butt-shaped mug.

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To just skip our period.

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To finally get an answer to this stumper of a question.

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For life to be just a series of food puns.

Loryn Brantz / BuzzFeed

To be normal.

Maritsa Patrinos / BuzzFeed

A BFF who will actually make you feel good about leaving the house.

Flo Perry / BuzzFeed

To eat, wherever.

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To eat, forever.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/25-of-our-deepest-desiresSun, 22 Nov 2015 09:01:04 -0500All sandwiches should last forever.maritsapatrinosnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadult9 Ways To Avoid Uncomfortable Conversations With Your Relatives This Thanksgivinghttps://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahburton/ways-to-avoid-uncomfortable-conversations-with-your-relati?utm_term=4ldqpia
For when you need to change the subject fast.

When your uncle brings up how those red Starbucks cups have started a war on Christmas:

Fill his cup with red wine until it’s overflowing and declare, "Now that’s a red cup we can all get behind!”

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

When you grandma mentions how we should build a wall to keep out the "illegals":

Slop tons of turkey and stuffing on your plate until you've built a food wall to separate yourself from the rest of the family.

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

When your grandma brings up Lisa’s beautiful babies and asks when you were planning on having some of your own:

Take her to the toilet where she can meet her food grandbabies.

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When your aunt asks if you are going to get married anytime soon:

Tell her that you can’t now because she killed your fiancé, the potatoes.

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

At first mention of Benghazi:

Levitate the dinner table and declare your intentions to become the new Criss Angel. Then prepare for 11 hours of questioning.

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

When your dad asks how your job search is going:

Ask him if he'd hire you for the job of "cutest child."

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

When your sister-in-law asks how you can be against killing animals and not against killing babies:

Start choking on your broccoli. Once everyone has surrounded you, turn the cough into a sick beat and start breakdancing.

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

When your mom comments asks if you really think that top is right for your body shape:

Take it off.

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

When you hear any of the following: "Shouldn't it be #alllivesmatter?"/ "We shouldn't let any refugees in--unless they're Christian."/ "If Rachel Dolezal isn't black, how is Caitlyn Jenner a woman?"

Lift up your hands and fly out of the room, out the window, and out of this world.

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahburton/ways-to-avoid-uncomfortable-conversations-with-your-relatiMon, 23 Nov 2015 08:00:24 -0500For when you need to change the subject <i>fast</i>.sarahburtonnonadult5 Pieces Of Advice Stan Lee Has For Creating A Great Superherohttps://www.buzzfeed.com/alannabennett/stan-lees-on-creating-heroes?utm_term=4ldqpia
“I take a deep breath, cross my fingers, and hope I can come up with something good.”

Stan Lee, creator of such iconic superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor –and many, many more – is currently working with LINE Webtoon on a Superhero Comics Contest with POW! Entertainment.

Winners will receive $30,000 and become a LINE WEBtoon featured artist. They'll also receive mentorship on their comic from Lee himself.

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On the first thing he does when he sits down to create a character:

"I take a deep breath, cross my fingers, and hope I can come up with something good."

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On the most important trait a character can have:

"He or she has to be colorful, interesting, unusual and sympathetic. If there's one important trait it has to be 'interesting.'"

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

And on how to translate a jumble of traits on a page into a complex, three-dimensional individual:

"The best way to do that is through their dialogue."

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

"Each character should have his or her own individual method of speaking, so that if you read a dialogue balloon (without seeing the illustration) you would know who it was who said that dialogue just by the style in which it was spoken."

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

And on the biggest mistake people make when writing a character:

"They make the character too dull and colorless."

Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/alannabennett/stan-lees-on-creating-heroesMon, 16 Nov 2015 12:05:02 -0500"I take a deep breath, cross my fingers, and hope I can come up with something good."alannabennettnonadultWinners will receive $30,000 and become a LINE WEBtoon featured artist. They'll also receive mentorship on their comic from Lee himself.nonadultnonadult"I take a deep breath, cross my fingers, and hope I can come up with something good."nonadult"He or she has to be colorful, interesting, unusual and sympathetic. If there's one important trait it has to be 'interesting.'"nonadult"The best way to do that is through their dialogue."nonadult"Each character should have his or her own individual method of speaking, so that if you read a dialogue balloon (without seeing the illustration) you would know who it was who said that dialogue just by the style in which it was spoken."nonadult"They make the character too dull and colorless."nonadultnonadultThese Are 11 Of The Hugest Memes That Will Happen 2016https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/heres-the-memes-youll-be-laughing-at-in-2016?utm_term=4ldqpia
I can’t believe Taylor Swift is going to do that.

We went to a hardware store and grabbed a pile of those paint strips with funny names and then scanned them. Can you guess their actual names?

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]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/the-paint-strip-quizWed, 11 Nov 2015 09:22:58 -0500If you like naming colors, there's a job out there for you.danmethnonadultWe went to a hardware store and grabbed a pile of those paint strips with funny names and then scanned them. Can you guess their actual names?nonadultnonadult21 Realistic Plans We've Got For The Winterhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/winter-comics-roundup?utm_term=4ldqpia
Hint: Not a lot of leaving the house.

Stay under a blanket until it warms up again.

Zoë Burnett / BuzzFeed

Stay inside and get fat.

Adam Ellis / BuzzFeed

Spend some quality time with ourselves.

Haejin Park / BuzzFeed

Spend some quality time with our cats.

Flo Perry / BuzzFeed

Spend some quality time wanting to be a cat.

Nathan Pyle / BuzzFeed

Read lots of good books.

Dan Meth / BuzzFeed

Draw some pictures.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

Get lost in our own heads.

Haejin Park / BuzzFeed

Go on lame dates.

Jack Sjogren for BuzzFeed

Watch some movies.

Adam Ellis / BuzzFeed

Eat some beautiful bagels.

Ruby Etc. for BuzzFeed

Redo our nails.

Loryn Brantz / BuzzFeed

Have an existential crisis.

Ruby Etc. for BuzzFeed

Desperately try not to freeze to death.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

Maybe fatten up to combat the cold.

Ruby Etc. for BuzzFeed

Mope around.

Hallie Bateman for BuzzFeed

Watch some sports.

Nathan Pyle / BuzzFeed

Listen to Drake.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

Listen to Adele.

Dami Lee / BuzzFeed

Drudge around in a Daylight Savings-induced haze.

Nathan Pyle / BuzzFeed

But mostly a lot of sleeping.

Loryn Brantz / BuzzFeed

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